Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Merrimac” in chapter 20 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
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Having sunk the Cumberland, the Merrimac next turned her attention to the Congress, which had meanwhile run into shoal water and grounded where the rebel vessel could not follow.
But the Merrimac , being herself apparently proof against shot and shell by her iron plating, took up a raking position two cables' length away, and during an hour's firing deliberately reduced the Congress to helples...
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† | Merrimac | 875 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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